National Clips
MIAMI, Florida –Save Our Kids from Gov. Bush / OMAHA, Nebraska –Captive meeting turns expensive / SACRAMENTO, California – Budget deficit axes healthcare, food and public safety / OLYMPIA, Washington –Stop AIDS, violence and poverty / LANSING, Michigan – Governor to veto partial birth abortion bill
Protest blasts corporate media
PHILADELPHIA – Nearly 300 people protested monopoly control of the media at a rally and march to ABC, NBC and Clear Channel Radio headquarters here on May 12.
Changes are happening to your World/Mundo
CHICAGO – I was talking to a subscriber today and mentioned that our editorial office – the place where these very pages get put together week-after-week – was moving from New York City to Chicago.
Texas Democrats defy GOP power grab
ARDMORE, Okla. – The power grab by President George W. Bush, his advisor Karl Rove, and U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay to redraw Texas congressional districts in order to send up to seven new right-wing extremists to the U.S. House of Representatives suffered a serious setback when 53 Democratic lawmakers on May 12 boycotted the Texas House of Representatives.
Extreme poverty up sharply among Black children
The number of African-American children living in the harshest, most extreme conditions of poverty has climbed to its highest level in 23 years, according to a recent study by the Washington DC-based Children’s Defense Fund (CDF).
